I don’t think England particularly care about the Test Championship at present. If you asked an English cricketer or supporter, what they’d, rather win, the Ashes or the Test Championship, it’d be the Ashes every time and that’s really where captains, teams and coaches are judged.

If you’ve never watched the documentary’Death of a Gentleman’ then I’d highly recommend it. It goes into how the big 3 cemented their power. Although to be honest, England and Australia are now secondary to India’s power and particularly that of the IPL and the global franchises that has created.

Look at what the BCCI did with the IPL auction recently in insisting that if players want to be part of the next 3 year cycle they must make themselves available for the 2025 auction. You regularly see English and Australian players dipping in and out of the IPL and fitting it around international commitments. That’s no longer an option unless they want to forgo millions over a 3 year period and what can the nations do to stop India or the players? Nothing really!